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KID Description of Data Elements

 
PL_UR_CAT4 - Patient Location: Urban-Rural 4 Categories
 
Documentation Sections:
General Notes
Uniform Values
State Specific Notes
General Notes
 

PL_UR_CAT4 is a four category urban-rural designation for the patient's county of residence.

  • Starting in the 2014 HCUP databases, the categorization is a simplified adaptation of the 2013 version of the Urban Influence Codes (UIC).
  • In the HCUP databases prior to 2014, the categorization is a simplified adaptation of the 2003 version of the Urban Influence Codes UIC.

The 12 categories of the UIC are combined into four broader categories that differentiate between large and small metropolitan, micropolitan, and a non-urban residual as follows:

PL_UR_CAT4
2003 UIC Value
Value Description Value Description
1 Large metropolitan areas with at least 1 million residents 1 Metro - Large metro area of 1 million residents or more
2 Small metropolitan areas with less than 1 million residents 2 Metro - Small metro area of less than 1 million residents
3 Micropolitan areas 3 Non-Metro - Micropolitan adjacent to large metro
3 Micropolitan areas 5 Non-Metro - Micropolitan adjacent to small metro
3 Micropolitan areas 8 Non-Metro - Micropolitan not adjacent to a metro area
4 Not metropolitan or micropolitan 4 Non-Metro - Noncore adjacent to large metro
4 Not metropolitan or micropolitan 6 Non-Metro - Noncore adjacent to small metro with own town
4 Not metropolitan or micropolitan 7 Non-Metro - Noncore adjacent to small metro no own town
4 Not metropolitan or micropolitan 9 Non-Metro - Noncore adjacent to micro with own town
4 Not metropolitan or micropolitan 10 Non-Metro - Noncore adjacent to micro with no own town
4 Not metropolitan or micropolitan 11 Non-Metro - Noncore not adjacent to metro or micro with own town
4 Not metropolitan or micropolitan 12 Non-Metro - Noncore not adjacent to metro or micro with no own town
 
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Uniform Values
VariableDescriptionValueValue Description
PL_UR_CAT4Patient Location: Urban-Rural 4 Categories1Large metropolitan areas with at least 1 million residents
2Small metropolitan areas with less than 1 million residents
3Micropolitan areas
4Not metropolitan or micropolitan
.Missing
 
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State Specific Notes
None
 
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Internet Citation: HCUP KID Description of Data Elements. Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP). September 2008. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. www.hcup-us.ahrq.gov/db/vars/pl_ur_cat4/kidnote.jsp.
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